The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2023

To be productive in an interconnected work environment, employees need immediate access to numerous platforms, both on- and off-premises. Related: Why SMBs need to do PAM well Keeping track of user activity and effecting proper on- and off-boarding are becoming more and more difficult, even as unauthorized access via unused, expired, or otherwise compromised access credentials has become the number one cybersecurity threat vector.

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Krebs on Security

JUNE 21, 2023

If you operate a cybercrime business that relies on disseminating malicious software, you probably also spend a good deal of time trying to disguise or “crypt” your malware so that it appears benign to antivirus and security products. In fact, the process of “crypting” malware is sufficiently complex and time-consuming that most serious cybercrooks will outsource this critical function to a handful of trusted third parties.

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WIRED Threat Level

JUNE 18, 2023

The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated “facts.” Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 22, 2023

A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical grouping of devices that are all connected to the same network regardless of physical location. VLANs are an essential component of contemporary networking, allowing network traffic to be segmented and managed. VLANs enable logical partitioning inside a single switch, resulting in multiple virtual local area networks where physical switch segmentation is not a possibility.

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 19, 2023

HHS Says 'Obscure' Group Has Resurfaced, Hitting a Cancer Center Federal authorities are warning healthcare and public health sector entities of an apparent resurgence of TimisoaraHackerTeam after an attack in recent weeks by the obscure ransomware group on a U.S. cancer center. HHS says the group was discovered by security researchers in 2018.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 23, 2023

Mountain View, Calif. June 22, 2023 — Dasera , the premier automated data security and governance platform for top-tier finance, healthcare, and technology enterprises, is thrilled to unveil “Ski Lift,” a complimentary platform exclusively designed for Snowflake users. With “Ski Lift,” Snowflake customers can gain a panoramic view of their Snowflake environment while scaling their data security and governance controls.

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OpenText Information Management

JUNE 21, 2023

“Artificial intelligence is as revolutionary as mobile phones and the Internet.” — Bill Gates Despite the hype that seems to accompany nearly every technology breakthrough, true revolutions are few and far between. In a March blog, Bill Gates said he’s witnessed two technology demonstrations in his life that have struck him as revolutionary.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 21, 2023

APT Group Masqueraded as Indonesia's Foreign Ministries in Emails to G7 Officials Suspected Chinese APT groups exploited a 17-year-old Microsoft Office vulnerability in May to launch malware attacks against foreign government officials who attended a G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan. Threat actors targeted officials from France, the United Kingdom, India, Singapore and Australia.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 20, 2023

A severe security vulnerability allows credentials for the power meters to continuously transmit in cleartext, allowing device takeover.

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Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. This often ends up involving meticulous adjustments to prompts.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 22, 2023

Eden Prairie, Minn., June 22, 2023 — Malicious emails have reached a crescendo in 2023 according to the latest report from cybersecurity software and services provider Fortra. Email impersonation threats such as BEC currently make up nearly 99 percent of threats, and of those 99 percent of threats observed in corporate inboxes are response-based or credential theft attacks.

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Data Matters

JUNE 23, 2023

On 14 June 2023, the European Parliament adopted – by a large majority – its compromise text for the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act (“ AI Act ”), paving the way for the three key EU Institutions (the European Council, Commission and Parliament) to start the ‘ trilogue negotiations ’. This is the last substantive step in the legislative process and it is now expected that the AI Act will be adopted and become law on or around December 2023 / January 2024.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Bart Kalsu, Tim Brown Could Face Monetary Penalties, Public Company Officer Ban The Securities and Exchange Commission accused SolarWinds CFO Bart Kalsu and CISO Tim Brown of violating securities laws in their response to the 2020 cyberattack. Kalsu and Brown are among "certain current and former executive officers and employees" targeted by the SEC for alleged violations.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 23, 2023

Unknown senders have been shipping smartwatches to service members, leading to questions regarding what kind of ulterior motive is at play, malware or otherwise.

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Geopolitical risk is now at the top of the agenda for CEOs. But tracking it can be difficult. The world is more interconnected than ever, whether in terms of economics and supply chains or technology and communication. Geopolitically, however, it is becoming increasingly fragmented – threatening the operations, financial well-being, and security of globally connected companies.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 21, 2023

Chicago, Ill., June 21, 2023 – NowSecure, the recognized experts in mobile security and privacy, announced today that it has completed its latest annual SOC 2 Type 2 security audit – the industry benchmark for independent auditing of security controls for software vendors. This certification covers the NowSecure Platform for automated mobile app security testing.

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Jamf

JUNE 23, 2023

While WWDC brings a number of exciting announcements for developers and users alike, impactful innovations in Apple’s longstanding mission to improve health and wellness were also visibly on display.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Search Scams Luring Users to Malware-Infected Sites Are Often Tricky to Detect Search engine optimization poisoning attacks, which involve intentionally manipulating search results to lead users onto malware-laced websites, are on the rise in the healthcare sector, U.S. federal regulators warn. Users should watch for typosquatting, keyword stuffing, meta tagging and cloaking.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 22, 2023

Under construction: The world's leading ransomware gang is workshopping ransomware for less obvious systems beyond Windows environments. Experts weigh in on how worried we should be.

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Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed database that boasts an architecture that delivers high scalability, near 100% availability, and powerful read-and-write performance required for many data-heavy use cases. However, many developers and administrators who are new to this NoSQL database often encounter several challenges that can impact its performance.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

The number one cybersecurity threat vector is unauthorized access via unused, expired or otherwise compromised access credentials. Related: The rising role of PAM for small businesses In the interconnected work environment, where users need immediate access to many platforms on and off-premises to do their jobs, keeping track of user activity and proper on and off-boarding is becoming more and more difficult.

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Collibra

JUNE 23, 2023

Government agencies — from DC to Duluth, NYC to LA — are struggling. The ever-growing digitalization of our world has raised significant concerns about data privacy and security, particularly for agencies that manage and process sensitive and confidential information. And the pandemic only increased the cost and complexity of these challenges. There’s no going back.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 20, 2023

Security Alert Again Highlights Risk of Sharing Sensitive Information With Chatbots Compromised chatbot credentials are being bought and sold by criminals who frequent underground marketplaces for stolen data, warns cybersecurity firm Group-IB, as the use of ChatGPT and rival AI chatbot offerings and services newly baked into existing products continues to surge across the globe.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 20, 2023

It's still important to use other security measures, such as strong passwords and two-factor authentication, to protect your data.

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Jamf

JUNE 22, 2023

This year’s Jamf Nation Live series was a particularly poignant one. In addition to announcing new exciting features, capabilities and partnerships hot off the heels of WWDC, we said goodbye to a much-beloved CEO and re-introduced our new leader to Jamf Nation!

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IT Governance

JUNE 22, 2023

More than 100,000 ChatGPT users have had their data stolen in malware attacks over the past year, according to research into dark web transactions. The cyber intelligence firm Group-IB discovered the compromised data within the logs of info-stealing malware traded on various underground websites. Info-stealers are a form of malware that target account data stored on web browsers.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 19, 2023

Paid IT Infrastructure Undermines Hacktivism Claim of Pro-Russia Group Pro-Russian and self-declared "hacktivist" group Anonymous Sudan appears to use expensive online infrastructure to perpetuate distributed denial of attacks, undermining its claim to be volunteers operating from an impoverished East African country.

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Dark Reading

JUNE 23, 2023

Exploiting a flaw in how the app handles communication with external tenants gives threat actors an easy way to send malicious files from a trusted source to an organization's employees, but no patch is imminent.

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“Reimagined: Building Products with Generative AI” is an extensive guide for integrating generative AI into product strategy and careers featuring over 150 real-world examples, 30 case studies, and 20+ frameworks, and endorsed by over 20 leading AI and product executives, inventors, entrepreneurs, and researchers.

Reltio

JUNE 20, 2023

Every organization must solve daunting data challenges while managing risks, growing profits, and carefully monitoring costs. That’s why the quest for clean, connected, and actionable real-time data has become the linchpin of every successful digital transformation, even in this budget-constrained era. When done well, master data management (MDM) transforms enterprise data from a chronic source of frustration to its most valuable asset.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2023

Researchers uncovered a set of malicious files with backdoor capabilities that they believe is part of a toolkit targeting Apple macOS systems. Bitdefender researchers discovered a set of malicious files with backdoor capabilities that are suspected to be part of a sophisticated toolkit designed to target Apple macOS systems. The investigation is still ongoing, the experts pointed out that the samples are still largely undetected.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2023

Citing 'Significant Confusion,' Agency Says Patching Microsoft Windows Not Enough The National Security Agency has released mitigation advice for locking down Windows and Linux environments against powerful BlackLotus malware, warning organizations against having "a false sense of security" since patching alone will not stop the bootkit.

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